On August 11, 2017 the body of 24-year-old Troy Foster was found on a footpath in a wooded area in Lanham, Maryland after a resident called for a welfare check. Prince George’s County officers determined Foster had sustained multiple gunshot wounds. Neighbors reported hearing multiple gunshots the previous evening, and investigators developed a theory that a drug deal had turned violent.

Detectives say Foster arranged to meet 26-year-old Benson Thorne of Northwest D.C. on the walking path the night of August 10 so Thorne could purchase marijuana. Cellphone records placed Thorne at the scene and showed he was the last person to communicate with Foster before the shooting. Authorities say the evidence pointed to a robbery gone wrong and Thorne was arrested and charged with murder and related counts.

At trial jurors heard that the transaction was for marijuana valued at $2,600 and that Thorne claimed he had been ambushed and then fired after taking a gun from another person. The jury convicted Thorne of manslaughter and using a firearm in the commission of a felony or crime of violence.

Did anyone in the Lanham area that night see or hear anything that could shed more light on what happened?